CMA/Media Advisory: Wait Time Alliance Staging Technical Briefing to Discuss Interim Report on Benchmarks and Best Practices to Manage Wait Times

OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(CCNMatthews - March 31, 2005) - Members of the Wait Time Alliance, a group of national medical organizations, will conduct a technical briefing on their interim report, No More Time to Wait, being released tomorrow at 11:00 AM under embargo to April 3, at 5:00 PM.

The interim report contains recommendations for national evidence-based benchmarks for medically acceptable wait times for access to care in five areas:

The report was produced in response to the commitment made by First Ministers in September 2004 (10-Year Plan to Strengthen Health Care) to establish evidence-based benchmarks for medically acceptable wait times in these same five priority areas.